The Best Sandbox Games for Android

Update : Everforge: Craft Legends added at rank #37.
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Satisfactory (2024)

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PC Windows Android

Satisfactory is an engaging first-person factory-building game on an alien planet, allowing players to explore a pre-generated world and harvest natural resources to create automated factories. With great power systems and conveyor belts to help automate resource collection and transportation, the game offers a fun and addictive experience for control freaks and automation enthusiasts. The added survival element provides extra depth, making it a must-play for exploration and building game fans.


What we like:
  • Engaging first-person factory-building experience
  • Pre-generated world for unique gameplay experience
  • Fun power systems and conveyor belts for resource automation
  • Survival element adds extra depth
  • Great for building and automation enthusiasts
What could be improved:
  • May require significant time investment to unlock useful devices and modes of transportation
  • Demands patience, structure and adaptability

  • first-person
  • sandbox
  • factory
  • crafting
  • automation
  • survival
  • open-world
  • factory-builder
  • robo-said
  • base-building
  • rps
  • cookie
  • whale
  • resource
  • cooperative

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Goat Simulator 3 (2022)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone (IOS iPhone) j Playstation 4 PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Android IOS iPhone Xbox One

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

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  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • physics
  • cooperative
  • parody
  • multiplayer
  • comedy
  • online
  • split-screen
  • skateboard
  • farmyard
  • local
  • simulation

3

Prison Architect 2 (2024)

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Android

Design and develop your own personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect 2. The classic prison-builder has broken out into 3D, and it's up to you to contain it!

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  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • management
  • construction
  • building
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • base-building
  • economy
  • real-time
  • dog

4

Space Engineers (2019)

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Xbox One Android Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction, exploration and survival in space and on planets. Players build space ships, space stations, planetary outposts of various sizes and uses, pilot ships and travel through space to explore planets and gather resources to survive.


  • sandbox
  • volumetric
  • survival
  • physics
  • block
  • space
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • building
  • construction
  • realistic
  • grid

5

The Escapists 2 (2017)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

The Escapists 2 is a thrilling prison escape game that will put your creativity to the test. As a prisoner, you must sneak your way out of some of the toughest prisons in existence by creating intricate plans and crafting clever weapons. You can even team up with friends to escape together! With a diverse range of levels, crafting items and interactive combat, you'll be hooked in no time.


What we like:
  • Multiplayer adds value to the gameplay
  • Exciting new combat system
  • Fun mechanic of knocking out guards and swapping outfits
  • Opportunity to use creative strategies to escape
  • Includes a Prison Map Editor
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive prisons
  • Goofy escape routes feel unimportant
  • Co-op only levels make single player feel limited

  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • cooperative
  • strategy
  • pixel
  • online
  • multiplayer
  • difficult
  • retro
  • crime

6

Besiege (2020)

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Besiege is a physics based building game in which you construct medieval siege engines. Battle your way through a 54 level singleplayer campaign, unleash chaos with your friends in multiplayer, create your own worlds with the level editor, customize your game with mods through the workshop.


  • sandbox
  • building
  • physics
  • medieval
  • destruction
  • lego
  • science
  • vehicle
  • funny
  • humor
  • editor
  • level
  • gilliam
  • relaxing
  • strategy

7

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2019)

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Mac OS IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

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  • sandbox
  • physics
  • funny
  • simulation
  • fantasy
  • war
  • wargame
  • realistic
  • memes
  • historical
  • comedy
  • strategy
  • colourful
  • family-friendly
  • 3d

8

Goat Simulator (2014)

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Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.


  • goat
  • sandbox
  • physics
  • simulation
  • funny
  • next-gen
  • open-world
  • comedy
  • multiplayer
  • achievements

9

Square Valley (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone

Square Valley is a unique and satisfying city-building puzzle game where you play as the Spirit of the Valley tasked with building lands for your citizens. The game offers a narrative-driven experience with lovely visuals and chill music. Each tile on the board has specific requirements that players need to pay attention to, adding a deep strategic thinking element to the game. Despite the focus on fulfilling requirements rather than building a particular aesthetic, Square Valley puts a creative spin on a tired genre, making it a highly compelling puzzle game that is well worth checking out.

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What we like:
  • Deep strategic thinking element
  • Narrative-driven experience
  • Lovely visuals
  • Chill music
  • Satisfying gameplay
What could be improved:
  • No session suspension or save feature
  • Some building features such as walls and rivers are not entirely clear on how to 'paint' them onto the map
  • More focused on fulfilling requirements than building a particular aesthetic

  • tile
  • city-building
  • puzzle
  • sandbox
  • grand-strategy
  • programming
  • board
  • auto-running
  • chapter
  • board-game
  • meditative
  • difficult
  • relaxing
  • zombies
  • real-time

10

Kill It With Fire (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Unleash your inner exterminator in Kill It With Fire! You'll be on a hilarious, chaotic mission to eradicate spiders using an arsenal of over-the-top weapons. With hidden upgrades and state-of-the-art tracking technology, this game will keep you on your toes. Can you uncover the secret ending?


What we like:
  • Absurdly entertaining spider-killing action
  • Variety of destructive weapons
  • Hidden upgrades and challenges add depth
  • Effective foreshadowing adds to the narrative
  • Replay value with new equipment
What could be improved:
  • Hidden object gameplay can be repetitive
  • Slow gameplay loop

  • destruction
  • comedy
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • sandbox
  • family-friendly
  • first-person
  • horror
  • physics
  • party
  • funny
  • survival-horror
  • colourful
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter

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